Showing posts with label Fayetteville Arsenal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fayetteville Arsenal. Show all posts
Monday, October 1, 2018
Thomas Childs, Father of Lt. Col. Frederick L. Childs, CSA, Also At Fort Casey
After proofreading the last post, it dawned on me that Brig. Gen. Thomas Childs, who closed Fort Casey, was the father of Confederate Lt.Col. Frederick L. Childs who commanded the Fayetteville Arsenal in North Carolina during the war.
I have written a lot about him in my Saw the Elephant Civil War blog. Go to the site and click on Frederick Childs to find out more about him.
Small World, Isn't It? --Old B-Runner
Monday, April 10, 2017
Fayetteville Civil War Museum To Have Wilmington Ties
From the September 16, 2016, Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News by Ben Steelman.
The new North Carolina Civil War History Center in Fayetteville, N.C., is slated to open in 2020. Fundraising for the $65 million has already begun. And, it will have ties to Wilmington, N.C..
David Winslow is senior consultant for it and has worked at fundraising for Thalian Hall, the Bellamy Mansion, USS North Carolina and Elderhaus (not sure what this is). All of these, except perhaps the Elderhaus, are in Wilmington.
The new museum is built on the ruins of the former Confederate Fayetteville Arsenal which was burned to the ground by Union General Sherman in 1865 during his March Through the Carolinas.
$6.2 million has been raised so far, including $1 million from the state. It already has been determined that an admission fee will be charged.
--Old B-R'er
The new North Carolina Civil War History Center in Fayetteville, N.C., is slated to open in 2020. Fundraising for the $65 million has already begun. And, it will have ties to Wilmington, N.C..
David Winslow is senior consultant for it and has worked at fundraising for Thalian Hall, the Bellamy Mansion, USS North Carolina and Elderhaus (not sure what this is). All of these, except perhaps the Elderhaus, are in Wilmington.
The new museum is built on the ruins of the former Confederate Fayetteville Arsenal which was burned to the ground by Union General Sherman in 1865 during his March Through the Carolinas.
$6.2 million has been raised so far, including $1 million from the state. It already has been determined that an admission fee will be charged.
--Old B-R'er
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